Flipping channels on the TV, hundreds of channels and nothings on, next channel, next channel, whoa, what the heck is that?

It was enough to rope me into watching the rest of this old British comedy, which was predictably stupid. I was surprised when the characters sit in the canoe, on those monstrous thwart thingies. They capsize and strip off their clothes to dry. They end up loosing the canoe when it floats away and then parading through town in their undies. Who says there's nothing good on TV?
I wondered if thwart/seats have ever been used in North American canoes. I've never seen any.

It was enough to rope me into watching the rest of this old British comedy, which was predictably stupid. I was surprised when the characters sit in the canoe, on those monstrous thwart thingies. They capsize and strip off their clothes to dry. They end up loosing the canoe when it floats away and then parading through town in their undies. Who says there's nothing good on TV?
I wondered if thwart/seats have ever been used in North American canoes. I've never seen any.